There
are many topics within the categories of
food and nutrition, therefore many possible search terms.
Use the categories
below as a guide for browsing the shelves...

GN 407 - 410

Food-Anthropology

GT 2855 - 2920

Foods-Manners and Customs

QP 141 - 185

Physiology - Nutrition

RM 214 -259

Diet in disease and diet
therapy

TP 368 - 465

Food processing and
manufacture

TP 500-659

Chemical technology (wine,
beer, spirits)

TX 341 - 946.5

Home economics, nutrition,
foods, cookbooks

Use the EUREKA
Library Catalog to look up books by author, title or specific subject headings.
Some useful
LC Subject headings are listed below. Or try a keyword search and
then review the entries
for an appropriate subject heading.

CookbooksNote: cookbooks can not only give you recipes, they often have valuable information on
the customs, manners and culture of the country from which the cookbook
originates. This list is a small sample of what we own.

Journal
Articles
Identify them by
using one of the following indexes/abstracts. Most electronic indexes are restricted to CSUS students, faculty, &
staff. Once you have
identified an interesting article, and know the name of the journal
you want, use the Journal Locator List
and/or the EUREKA Library Catalog to identify whether
the journal is
available in print or electronically. Instructions for off-campus access are available at
Connecting
to Library Databases from Off-Campus

Electronic
Indexes

AGRICOLA Citation database from the National Agriculture Library,
includes journal articles, book chapters, reports, etc. on
anything related to agriculture. Some full text links.Anthropological Index Online(1957-current)
Covers all aspects of anthropology. Based on the
journal holdings of The Anthropology Library at the The
British Museum (Museum of Mankind)

JournalsThese
are only a short sample of titles received at the CSUS Library.
Journals that are also available via the Web or
in one of the CSUS Library databases are in bold.

Africa
American Anthropologist
Journal of the American Dietetic Association
American Ethnologist
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
American Journal of Physical Anthropology
Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism
Annals of the Association of American Geographers
Anthropological Quarterly
C.R.C. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition
Current AnthropologyFDA Consumer
GourmetJAMA, Journal of the American Medical Association
Journal of Anthropological Research
Journal of Comparative Family Studies
Journal of Food Science
Journal of Field Archaeology
Journal of Nutrition
Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly
Journal of School Health
Nutrition Reviews
Nutrition Today
Urban Anthropology

Center for Science in the
Public Interest, http://www.cspinet.org/
CSPI seeks to promote health through educating the public about
nutrition and alcohol. Links to full text reports and to Nutrition
Action Healthletter.

FAOSTAT,
http://apps.fao.org/
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Statistical
Databases on food balance sheets, Population, food aid shipments, production,
etc. Also has links to the FAO.

Food Analysis Toolshttp://spectre.ag.uiuc.edu/~food-lab/nat/You provide the types of food and the NAT can give you an energy
analysis based on your food intake, or a list of nutrients for
specific tools. Great to determine if you are eating correctly and
enough.

Food and Nutrition
Information Center,http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/index.htmlThe FNIC's mission is "to collect and disseminate
information about food and human nutrition." Part of the USDA,
this site has

Pew Initiative on Food
and Biotechnology http://pewagbiotech.org/
"The Initiative produces reports and sponsors workshops and
conferences to showcase the diverse points of view that
recognized experts have on the broad array of topics relevant to
the debate about agricultural biotechnology."

Dietary Guidelines
for Americans 2005,http://www.health.gov/dietaryguidelines/dga2005/document/pdf/DGA2005.pdfFrom the U.S. Dept. of Health
& Human Services, USDA, "is a detailed scientific
analysis that identifies key issues such as energy balance, the
consequences of a sedentary lifestyle and the need to emphasize
certain food choices to address nutrition."

USDA/ARS Nutrient Data Laboratory,
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/Includes the classic--USDA
Nutrient database for Standard Reference, Release 14 which
contains data for over 6,000 foods for up to 113 nutrients, in
addition to other data sets for isoflavens, carotenoids, vitamin K,
trans fatty acids among others. Often the easiest place to start when
looking for nutrient information.